The Aérospatiale (Fouga Potez) CM.170 "Magister" is a twin-engine training aircraft made in France. The producer was the Fouga company, which was incorporated into the Aérospitale in the 1970s. The French aircraft manufacturer Potez, which no longer exists today, also produced some machines of this type.

As a so-called jet trainer, the Fouga Magister was the second jet-powered training aircraft in the world specially designed for this purpose after the Fokker S.14 power trainer.
The machine could also be used as a light reconnaissance and combat aircraft.

The machine was developed from the CM.8-R13 turbine motor glider as early as 1949.
The presentation of the prototype on July 23, 1952 was so impressive that the French Air Force initially ordered a small series of 10 aircraft. A follow-up order for 90 - according to other sources: 95 - machines was issued in 1954.

The Magister is a two-seat all-metal aircraft with a 110-degree V-tail, a so-called butterfly tail. The plane was extremely successful.

The Magister was also flown by the French aerobatic team Patrouille de France, where this aircraft was used in more than 800 flight demonstrations until the successor model Alpha Jet was introduced in 1981.

Over 900 masters were produced, 576 of them in France alone.
The French Air Force had a total of 307 machines and the Navy had 32 more

The Fouga Magister was also used by the German Armed Forces and was in service with the Air Force and Navy from 1957 to 1969.

A further development of the Magister was called Fouga 90. It flew for the first time on August 20, 1978. It was powered by two Turboméca Astafan II G engines, a different cockpit should provide better visibility. Although designed as a beginner and advanced trainer, it could also carry light weapons for ground attacks at four wing stations.
However, no orders were received for the successor.

This machine has been standing on a former French military airfield for a number of years and its condition is getting worse every day.